the Sultan's daughter

Also known as: the Turkish maiden / the broken-hearted bride · Family: Turks · Role: princess · First appears: Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1

In Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain, the Moorish chieftain demanded that the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) give him his daughter in marriage, threatening to fight if refused. The Sultan promised, and his daughter protested the match: “For a Moor? Can it be true that a Moor shall imprint a kiss upon my visage?” She appealed to Marko, who accepted her plea and revealed himself to her.

At Istamboul, the Moor was due to fetch her, and the next morning the Sultan presented her and the wedding gifts to him. Marko escorted her back to the Sultan and cast the Moor’s head at his feet.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Sultan promised to give his daughter to the Moor.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1)
  • With: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) the Moorish chieftain
  • “Although overwhelmed with shame, therefore, he promised to do this.”
• The Sultan's daughter protested the prospect of marrying the Moor.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1)
  • “When the Sultan's daughter heard of her father's desperate resolution, she shrieked and exclaimed bitterly: ‘Alas! Behold my sorrow, O almighty Allah! For whom have I been taught to prize my beauty? For a Moor? Can it be true that a Moor shall imprint a kiss upon my visage?’”
• Marko accepts the Princess’s appeal and resolves to come to her aid.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 2)
  • With: Marko
  • “Therefore I now resolve to come and, if necessary, to face certain death!”
• Marko reveals his identity to the Princess.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 2)
  • With: Marko
  • “Marko is here and is now speaking to thee himself!”
• The Sultan's daughter is to be yielded in marriage to the Moorish chieftain.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 3 · 📍 Istamboul)
  • With: the Moorish chieftain
  • “The Moorish chieftain has asked for our Sultan's daughter in marriage, and as, to our shame, she is to be yielded to him, he is coming to the Palace to fetch her this day.”
• The Sultan presented his daughter and wedding gifts to the Moorish chieftain.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 3 · 📍 the Palace)
  • With: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) the Moorish chieftain
  • “Next morning the Sultan himself presented his daughter to the Moorish chieftain, together with all the wedding gifts, which were known to weigh twelve tovars.”
• Marko escorted the Sultan's daughter back to the Sultan.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 3)
  • With: Marko
  • “Marko escorted the Princess back to the Sultan, and cast the head of the Moorish chieftain at his feet.”

Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1

• admirer: the Moorish chieftain (He demands her in marriage.) “I ask thee, therefore, to bestow upon me thy beloved daughter! In truth, I demand this; for if thou dost not give thy daughter to me, then prepare thyself at once to meet me face to face with thy sword.”
• parent: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) (The preceding sentence identifies what he promised: to give up his only daughter.) “Although overwhelmed with shame, therefore, he promised to do this.”
• parent: the Sultana (The chapter identifies the daughter as the Sultana's daughter in the section heading, but this passage calls her the Sultan's daughter; the Sultana is presented as her mother by context.) “When the Sultan's daughter heard of her father's desperate resolution, she shrieked and exclaimed bitterly: ‘Alas! Behold my sorrow, O almighty Allah! For whom have I been taught to prize my beauty? For a Moor? Can it be true that a Moor shall imprint a kiss upon my visage?’”

Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 2

• sworn-brother with Marko “Hail, my dear brother-in-God, O, thou Royal Prince Marko! Be a true brother to me!”
• admirer: the Moorish chieftain “I implore thee, do not suffer me to become the wife of the Moor!”
• parent: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) “When the Moor arrives at the Palace, thy parents should welcome him graciously, and they should go so far as to yield thee to him in order to avoid a quarrel.”
• parent: the Sultana “do not tell others that thou hast seen me here, but request the Sultan and thy mother to have supper prepared and sent to the inn for me”

Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 3

• admirer: the Moorish chieftain “The Moorish chieftain has asked for our Sultan's daughter in marriage, and as, to our shame, she is to be yielded to him, he is coming to the Palace to fetch her this day.”
• parent: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) “Next morning the Sultan himself presented his daughter to the Moorish chieftain, together with all the wedding gifts, which were known to weigh twelve tovars.”
• benefactor: Marko “Marko escorted the Princess back to the Sultan, and cast the head of the Moorish chieftain at his feet.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.